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Arizona National Guard members teach power of choice to local middle schoolers
June 19, 2012
A member of the Arizona National Guard's Civil Operations Team reaches out to help a student from Mark T. Atkinson Middle School out of the water after sliding down a slide rock during outdoor activities at the Freedom Academy. The event hosts a variety of activities based on drug awareness and instills the ability to make positive life choices.
Army National Guard Soldiers train with Denmark soldiers at exercise Golden Coyote
June 19, 2012
Soldiers from the 860th Military Police Company and the Danish Home Guard Force Protection Platoon conduct first-aid training on West Camp Rapid during the Golden Coyote training exercise, June 11, 2012, in Rapid City, S.D. National Guard, reserve and international forces use the exercise as an opportunity to conduct joint training in support of overseas contingency operations and homeland defense.
Kentucky Army National Guard artillery unit recognized as the best Army Guard artillery unit second year in a row
June 19, 2012
Army Lt. Col. Timothy Fanter, left, commander of 1st Battalion, 623rd Field Artillery Regiment, presents the Alexander Hamilton Award plaque to Sgt. 1st Class Jeff Campbell, a firing battery platoon sergeant with the battalion's B Battery, during a formation at Fort Knox, Ky. The Soldiers of B Battery were won the annual Hamilton Award, recognizing the unit as the most outstanding field artillery unit in the National Guard.
Oman: Army National Guard Arabic linguists put their skills to work in Oman
June 19, 2012
Army Staff Sgt. Jon Paul Steenbakkers, an Arabic linguist with the 341st Military Intelligence Battalion, part of the 300th Military Intelligence Brigade, translates instructions on operating a .50-caliber machine gun to a soldier from the Royal Army of Oman's 11th Brigade, Western Frontier Regiment, at the Rubkut Training Range in Oman, Jan. 21, 2012. The linguists were in Oman with the Oregon National Guard's 1st Squadron, 82nd Cavalry Regiment and a platoon from the 125th Forward Support Company, 1st Battalion, 194th Field Artillery Regiment from Joint Base Lewis McCord, Wash., as part of a two week training exercise with Omani soldiers as a way to share knowledge and build greater diplomatic relations.
Colorado National Guard provides security during High Park wildfire as response to the blaze continues
June 18, 2012
Smoke from the High Park fire rises is the distance at the Incident Command Post at the Colorado National Guard Readiness Center near Fort Collins, Colo.
Indiana National Guard takes part Bold Quest 12-1, tests digital communication technologies to reduce fratricide incidents and enhance combat effectiveness
June 18, 2012
Spc. Craig Craun, an unmanned aerial vehicle operator with B Company, 76th Infantry Brigade Combat Team observes UAV flight operations during Bold Quest 12-1, June 13, at Camp Atterbury Joint Maneuver Training Center, Ind. Bold Quest 12-1 is a two-week air combat assessment exercise that focuses on testing digital communication technologies to reduce friendly fire incidents, enhance combat effectiveness, and increase situational awareness on the battlefield.
Suriname military leaders, South Dakota National Guard exchange leadership training, team building techniques
June 18, 2012
Staff Sgt. Calvin James, left, with 4th Battalion, 118th Infantry Regiment, talks with Soldiers from the battalion's Company C while he roleplays as an embassy liaison in during an embassy defense and evacuation exercise at Range 5 near Camp Buehring, Kuwait.
Alaska Army National Guard aviation unit trains on wildfire response
June 15, 2012
Army Sgt. Kevan J. Katkus, a crew chief with C Company, 1st Battalion, 207th Aviation Regiment, monitors a water bucket under the UH-60 Black hawk helicopter he is in to ensure it is lifted completely out of the water before the helicopter moves forward during training on wildfire response at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson. The unit conducted fire training June 9-10 to qualify new pilots and crew members, while re-certifying existing pilots and crew for emergency wildfire missions.
Arizona Army National Guard military police, Navy medical teams train together at exercise Golden Coyote
June 15, 2012
Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Daniel Gunn, a hospital corpsman with the Navy's Expeditionary Medical Facility Dallas - One, left, places a tourniquet on Spc. Justin Hancock, a military police officer with the Arizona Army National Guard's 856th Military Police Company, while taking part in training on convoy operations and reacting to roadside bombs as part of the South Dakota National Guard's Golden Coyote training exercise at Custer State Park, S.D., June 12, 2012. The exercise is designed to provide National Guard, reserve and active duty military units relevant training opportunities for combat support and combat service support missions in support of overseas contingency operations and homeland defense.
Kuwait: Kentucky Army National Guard Soldiers train to recover air resupply drops
June 14, 2012
Soldiers of the 1204th Aviation Support Battalion and 1st Squadron, 7th Cavalry Regiment, recover a resupply air drop that used the Joint Precision Aerial Drop Systems near Camp Buehring, Kuwait. The JPADS were dropped from an Air Force C-17 Globemaster III aircraft as part of a training exercise in the region.
Michigan Air National Guard unit bolsters activities at Estonian air base during exercise Saber Strike
June 14, 2012
Estonian air force Lt. Col. Roman Timofejev, left, talks with Lt. Col. Robert Seeley on the flight line at the Amari Air Base in Estonia, June 10, 2012. Michigan Air National Guard airmen deployed to Estonia in mid-June 2012 in support of Saber Strike 2012, a multinational exercise based in Latvia and Estonia.
South Carolina Air National Guard pilot realizes childhood dream to fly fighter jets
June 14, 2012
Air Force 1stt Lt. Andrew Lehman, a fighter pilot assigned to the 157th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, prepares to fly his first combat sortie April 20, 2012. Lehman is deployed from McEntire Joint National Guard Base, S.C., and provides close air support for troops on the ground in Afghanistan. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Caycee Cook)
Wyoming Air Guard members exchange aeromedical evacuation knowledge with Tunisian partners
June 14, 2012
Medical personnel of the Tunisian military prepare for training at the Medlite 2012 exercise in Bizerte, Tunisia, May 22, 2012 with members of the Wyoming Air National Guard. The Wyoming National Guard and Tunisia have been partners through the National Guard Bureau's State Partnership Program since 2004. Wyoming Air National Guard personnel have participated in a number of exercises and exchanges in Tunisia since the partnership began.
Afghanistan: New York Army National Guard member teaches refresher class on Afghan criminal law to local police officers
June 13, 2012
Army Maj. Roderick J. Cassidy, center, a member of the New York Army National Guard deployed with the judge advocate general office of the U.S. Army Stabilization Transition Team, 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, goes over aspects of Afghan criminal law to leaders of the Afghan Uniformed Police Qalat Substation 1 as he conducts a refresher class in Afghan criminal law at the Provincial Meeting Center in Qalat City June 5, 2012. Cassidy taught a refresher course on Afghan criminal law to the Afghan police officers as a way to build greater law enforcement capacity within the AUP.
Latvia: Air and Army National Guard members train as part of Saber Strike exercise
June 13, 2012
Soldiers from the Pennsylvania Army National Guard's B Company, 1st Battalion, 111th Infantry, 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team take part in a cordon and search exercise at the Adazi Training Area, Latvia, during Saber Strike 11, a multi-national training exercise that includes roughly 2,000 participants from the U.S., Canada, U.K and several other European nations.
New York Army National Guard engineers transform section of Erie Canal into park and trail area
June 13, 2012
Soldiers from New York Army National Guard's 204th Engineer Battalion level trees and remove underbrush from the ruins of the Erie Canal in Cohoes, N.Y., as part of a project to transform the canal area into a park and trail area, June 11, 2012. The project is part of Innovative Readiness Training, which allow Army National Guard and Army Reserve units the ability to take part in local community projects when the work involves the unit's combat tasks and the job is not something the municipal workforce or a private company would ordinarily be able to accomplish.
South Dakota National Guard kicks off international exercise Golden Coyot
June 12, 2012
Ugandan People's Defense Forces medical provider Lt. Biira Kabonesa (left) and U.S. Army Cpt. Alexander Alba, a physician's assistant with Task Force Raptor, 3rd Squadron, 124th Cavalry Regiment, Texas Army National Guard, demonstrate applying an improvised tourniquet May 15, 2012. Alba and U.S. Navy Lt. Cmdr. Guillermo Navarro, an emergency physician with Expeditionary Medical Facility, Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, attended an Advanced Combat Seminar here, May 14-18. U.S. service members are conducting various military-to-military exchanges in support of Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa, whose mission is to build partnerships with nations in East Africa.
Michigan Air Guard firefighters exchange best practices during Saber Srtike 2012
June 12, 2012
Two Estonian firefighters converse during a drill at Amari Air Base, Estonia, in front of a KC-135 Stratotanker operated by the 171st Air Refueling Squadron, 127th Wing, Michigan Air National Guard, June 11, 2012. Michigan Airmen deployed to Estonia in mid June 2012 in support of the Saber Strike Exercise, a multinational exercise based in Latvia and Estonia.
South Dakota National Guard kicks off international exercise Golden Coyote
June 12, 2012
Soldiers from the 860th Military Police Company, Arizona Army National Guard, and the Danish Home Guard Force Protection Platoon, conduct a joint patrol on West Camp Rapid during the Golden Coyote training exercise June 10, 2012, near Rapid City, S.D. National Guard, U.S. Reserve and international forces use the exercise as an opportunity to conduct joint training in support of overseas contingency operations and homeland defense.
Exercise Makani Pahili tests Hawaii's hurricane preparednes
June 11, 2012
A Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and high-yield Explosives Enhanced Response Force package team participating in Operation Makani Pahili 2012, extracts a mock-victim from a rubble pile June 5, 2012 in Oahu, Hawaii. The exercise, which took place June 4 to June 8, was a state-wide, multi-agency emergency response exercise designed to test Hawaii's capabilities in the case of a natural disaster.